PRE CONFERENCE
March 22, 2024
About
Using Art to enhance your DEIJ curriculum
Presented by
Stacey Wilson McMahon
Head of Primary Art - St. Louis School - Inspired Education Group- Milan
Author of "Hello, I am Lily from New York City" and "Hello Kids Guide Pedagogique"
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice stands at the forefront of education, promoting an environment where every child feels valued, supported, and encouraged to reach their full potential. This Pre-Con is open to educators of all disciplines and subject areas. It aims to highlight a different approach to teaching art and provide a hands-on workshop that will allow educators to learn a creative tool that will empower, elevate and enrich the lives of learners. Participants will be introduced to a research-backed approach, that they can adapt and tailor to suit the unique needs of their students.
Making the Case for Thinking in the Classroom
During the workshop as well as in the online support sessions, we will:
- Explore the Power of Making Thinking Visible Practices to
Promote Deep Learning
- Consider the Power to Enhance our Formative Assessment
Practice by Making Thinking Visible
- Frame Making Thinking Visible as Goal, as well as a Set of
Practices
- Learn to Use Thinking Routines for Maximum Effect
Key questions we will examine throughout the course:
- What are the six powers of making thinking visible?
- What do we mean by deep learning?
- What does deep learning look like and entail?
- What is understanding and what kinds of thinking moves help
develop understanding?
- Exploring the Understanding Map
- How can we develop our formative assessment practice with
students’ thinking as a lens?
- What can we learn from looking at student work to inform
possible
next instructional moves?
- What has been learned about different ways teachers make
thinking visible in powerful ways?
- How do various MTV practices relate to and connect to each
other?
- What do these practices look like in action?
- How can we plan with and learn from colleagues to help us use
thinking routines to maximum effect?